"I am fond of stories about underdogs who stick to their guns despite being outclassed...who hold out even though they know they are doomed, or characters who embody fairness and justice even if it violates their pragmatic sensibilities. I also like it when a metaphorical family forms in front of our eyes...when characters create forgiving universes by embracing those in their orbit who have been abandoned or who just can't be shoehorned into normal society."

Educated at Cambridge University, Westminster College, and the University of Utah, Jeffrey Gold was a member of the Playwright's Group for more than three seasons, through the auspices of the Salt Lake Acting Company (which premiered Tony Kushner's Angels in America) under dramaturg Mike Dorrell (BBC's Soldier, Soldier, Pictures of a Floating World) and playwright-in-residence Julie Jensen (Two-Headed, Last Lists of My Mad Mother, Wait!). His plays IN THE PURSUIT OF SVETLA, HORST AND GRABEN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNFINISHED MAN, FITCH TODD, PERCOLATION THEORY, DEDEKIND, HORST AND GRABEN AT THE CHATEAU GODOT, EXECUTION AT PARADAIS ISLAND, DISPLACEMENT: A FISH IN WATER STORY, FAIR SHAKE, FUTURE PERFECT ("The Russian Play"), A COLD NIGHT FOR A DIVA, and PURCHASE and screenplays and teleplays THE LEAVING MAN, STEEN'S FOLLY, KLIEG LIGHT, QUANTUM DREAMS, and SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN have garnered numerous awards, readings, and productions. FAIR SHAKE was selected for the 2013 Smith & Kraus anthology The Best Ten-Minute Plays. Jeffrey has pitched to Beth Swofford (CAA), Rob Kenneally (CAA), Christopher Lockhart (William Morris Endeavor), Mark Johnson at Gran Via Productions (Breaking Bad), Barry M. Osborne (Lord of the Rings) and Chris Kuser at Dreamworks Animation (MegaMind). He was an Artist-in-Residence at the Entrada Institute. Among a number of awards and recognitions in playwriting and screenwriting, he has been a Winner in the SLFS/USP Screenwriting Fellowship (underwritten by AMPAS), a Finalist in the Writers Guild of America West (WGAw) Foundation Pitch Competition, twice Finalist in the Sundance Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship Competitions, and a Winner, Finalist, and Semi-Finalist in the Napa Valley Film Festival Pitch Competitions. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

"I had a chance to read FUTURE PERFECT on my plane ride today. I found it a really intriguing concept, and the literateness of the language was delightful and stimulating."

–Stephen Schwartz, Lyricist/Composer (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin)

"Comedy being the hardest mountain to climb, the writer has a great sense of humor and it shows in this piece. Congratulations, as that is a gift few people have. The dialogue is clearly smart, witty and breezy."

"I've read a number of Jeffrey's scripts over the years: stage plays, feature screenplays, and TV pilots. He recently shared with me a pilot set in a university physics department that was darkly funny, quirky, and disturbing—in a fantastic, un-put-downable way. The anti-"Big Bang Theory." I loved it. Jeffrey has a knack for dialogue and a way of creating real, honest, unique, and quirky characters that jump off the page: searchers, dreamers, schemers. He has a sense of story that seems effortless, but comes, I think, from both study and practice—and a natural ear/eye for drama."

–Jon Jory, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, on HORST AND GRABEN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNFINISHED MAN

"Jeff Gold's work is smart, original, surprising, and satisfying. He knows the theatre well, what it can do and what makes it exciting. He also has a nose for interesting characters in unique situations. His is a wonderful theatrical voice. No question about it."

"FITCH TODD by Jeffrey Gold shows a playwright very much in command of the form—able to shape rich and dense content into a short play with mystery and humor. The payoff of this play is very strong. You know why you've been watching it with attention from its opening moment and feel the curtain pays all that attention off."

–David Kranes, former Artistic Director, Sundance Playwright's Lab

"Jeff Gold's work has a unique and quirky feel about it. His plays get under your skin, get stuck in your teeth until you find yourself compelled to laugh...to cry. A welcome voice in the world of theater."

–Playwright Jeff Metcalf, Founder, Sawtooth Writer's Conference

"Jeff is an inventive playwright with a wicked wit. His plays and a recent screenplay have deservedly won many contests. And he always has helpful insights about other people's work."

–Elaine Jarvik, Award-winning Playwright

"I professionally reviewed one of Jeff''s scripts and found it to be fundamentally sound, well written, and emotionally involving."

Eritrea: Living in a Border War

Composer
Director: Mario DeAngelis (2006)

The Teacher

Composer
Director: Nathan Rollins, New York (2006)

Long Distance

Composer
Director: Shu-Ling Hsieh, Milwaukee (2005)
*WINNER - Festival Award, Best Gay Short, 2005 New York City Short Film Festival
*NOMINEE - Audience Choice Award, Best Gay Short, 2005 New York City Short Film Festival

Some of my favorite movies (in no particular order) include The Shawshank Redemption, Onegin, Black Robe, Five Easy Pieces, Downfall, Stalingrad, Dunkirk, The Lives of Others, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Urga, Anna, Burnt by the Sun, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Chinese Box, The King of Devil Island, Good Morning, Mr. Wallenberg, Pelle the Conqueror, Roxanne, Out of Africa, and many more.

Some of my favorite plays include The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, Bus Stop, Educating Rita, Glengarry Glen Ross, When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?, The Glass Menagerie, This Property is Condemned.